Why closing the Aboriginal health gap is so elusive

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1141-1143

  Gracey, M ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aborigines; Health; Life expectancy; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RACISM; SEXUAL ABUSE; SMOKING; SOCIAL WELFARE; VIOLENCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; LIFESTYLE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; TRENDS;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP;

EID: 84925959859     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12577     Document Type: Article

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